Improvement in brushes



A. WATTLES.

BRUSHES;

Patented June 27,1876.

@WM if UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ALEXANDER WATTLES, OF BATTLE GREEK, MICHIGAN.

IMPROVEMENT IN BRUSHES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 179,376, dated June 27, 1876; application filed February 21, 1876.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALEXANDER WATTLES, of Battle Creek, in the county of Calhoun and State of Michigan, have invented an Improved Brush, of which the following is a specification:

The nature of my invention relates to an improvement in double-faced brushes; and consists in the novel and peculiar means for securing the fibers of the brush to a handle.

Figure l is a perspective view. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section of the handle and strap at a: m. Fig. 3 is a cross-section of the strap at y y.

In the drawing, Arepresents a round wooden handle, tapered at one end to receive asheetmetal ferrule, a. B is a strap oflight iron, concaved throughout its length, except at the middle, where it is left flat, in order that it may be bent upon itself, after which a layer of broomcorn fiber, bristles, or other suitable material, 0, is placed between the jaws of the strap,

. may .be renewed at the cost of new fibers.

What I claim as my invention is- The brush described, consisting of the handle A, the concave metal strap B, brush-fibers O, and ferrule a, all combined substantially as described and shown.

ALEXANDE R WATTLES.

Witnesses H. F. EBERTS, H. S. SPRAGUE. 

